Oh HAPPY Day!

"The secret of Happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do."
-J. M. Barrie


"Happiness is  a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne


"To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?"
-Katherine Meyer Graham

Here is a HAPPY little picture from last Friday when I dropped Beau off at his mommy's store and picked up Mariah for her swimming lesson.
It was a HAPPY DAY for Mariah because she not only passed her swimming level, but she got to go to work with her mommy, and to eat her supper on the roof top of the Athena restaurant, too! 

Here is Beau last Friday looking so old all of a sudden and enjoying the grass in his little bare feet!
It is always a HAPPY DAY whenever I have Beau here with me! 

Here is Mariah with her other Grandparent's dog, JETER, on this past monday.
She is always HAPPY around doggies! 

Beau on Friday sharing grated cheese and crackers with Shuffle on the side!
BEAU is becoming a little HOODINI now and can almost escape out of the high chair...
 keeps me on my toes for sure!

Mariah on Sunday when we stopped by some
relatives of  her daddy's and saw their new puppy, ANGUS. 

OH HAPPY DAY... for the local band named
"THE SHEEPDOGS"
Here as seen in our news paper The Star Phoenix on Tuesday,
 after earning a spot on the cover of the next ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE!
Such a PROUD and HAPPY DAY for sure

OH HAPPY...and CRAPPY DAY!
This is a new cereal I discovered recently.... very healthy
and actually amazingly, inspite of it's funny name... pretty tasty, too! 

My Mary Engelbreit calendar and it's cute pic for the month of August...
made me think of Mariah and Beau!
The saying on it says this...
"There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner."
-G. J. Chesterton
And we do have Beau's birthday coming up just around the corner on this Monday, too.

My little crafted calendar photo for August is one of the family last year on Beau's BIRTHDAY... and it truly was ... A HAPPY DAY!
We have had so many HAPPY DAYS with him in our lives ever since, as well.

Another HAPPY DAY photo taken of Brian and Me
last thursday prior to Jana's Fund raiser dinner for the Children's Hospital Foundation.
We look HAPPY in our "matcher-dotty" attire...and DOTS always make me HAPPY!

Since my previous blog this past tuesday, I have been thinking about a theme for the next blog. After attending the tuesday morning Body Flow class at the Goodlife gym, I knew the opening song of the new track
would make a perfect THEME title!
The first song of the newest Body Flow track is a very spiritual version of the song...
"OH HAPPY DAY"

That morning the gym teacher, TRENT, shared a very HAPPY story, too. He proudly announced that his wife had just placed SECOND in the entire WORLD at a "PRO FIT" competition in LA on this past weekend.

Trent is very fit, as well and the best fitness instructor anyone could ever encounter...
I always look so forward to his classes at the gym, and feel as though those days are all HAPPY DAYS!

Also that Tuesday... SASKATOON'S very own band "THE SHEEP DOGS" found out they were the band who won the online contest with
 more than 1.5 million votes to get their picture on the cover of the prestigious
"Rolling Stone" Magazine. They were one of 16 unsigned bands vying for a spot and I believe the only Canadian band to make it that far and then go on to win.
A HAPPY DAY for them and a proud moment in time for us SASKATONIANS, too!

We have had a lot going on lately and lots revolving around my grandkids, Mariah and Beau, which all makes me HAPPY. Mariah spent the previous 2 weeks in swimming and passed from Sea Otters to Salamanders. This week she has been in YOGA classes. Such a reminder of just how fast the little kids are growing up!

It is so hard to believe that BEAU is nearing his first birthday on August 8th, too....
where does the time go?
All I know is it has been many
"OH HAPPY DAYS" for us for sure!

I also want to say how HAPPY it makes me to know you are TAPPING into my simple little life as I share it with you from blog to blog!
Special mention to my "ARLENE" friends who pretty nearly always comment here on the blog site too!
I know there are others reading according to my stats and some comments on FB, too...and I thank all of you for that time and interest!

I have BEAU here all day today and tomorrow...and he is a BUSY BEAU-ZEE!
Soon he will be in the hands of the same day care that Mariah goes to, now that he is nearly one. I have mixed emotions about that... but will definitely cherish all the HAPPY DAYS I have been able to bond and share with my grandson, BEAU!

Many things I think of make it a HAPPY DAY...
I always have fun with Beau,
when he comes my way.
Happy for the people who are close by,
 doing so well...
Seeing other's happiness...
makes me feel real swell!
Eating healthier choices, also makes me happy,
Sometimes it just helps to clear out
everything that's crappy!
Thinking of the year that's gone by
really, really fast,
Thinking HAPPY MEMORIES...
and trying to make them last.
Celebrating moments,
when ever they come my way,
And cherishing the memories that make each
HAPPY DAY!

Yesterday I spent a HAPPY DAY with my dance teaching girlfriend, Brenda. She is a busy gal always... so any time I spend with her is not only HAPPY... but cherished as well!

OH HAPPY DAY!